Category: Movies & Television

Everything was going fine at the Glo-organised Laffta Fest which came off on Sunday night at the Fantasy Dome of the Trade Fair Centre in Accra until Ghanaian comedian, Foster Romanus took his turn on stage. He started out well enough, exhibiting his singing prowess and taking off with some good jokes but before anyone could say ‘Jack’ he hit…
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Renowned playwright and CEO of Roverman Productions, Ebo Whyte says the African can do well enough, given the right space, without the white man’s seal of endorsement. He says it is the reason all of his plays are set in and grounded on Ghanaian stages. In his view, he does not think that “we need to give them (the white…
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Kumawood comic Actor Salinko has revealed preparations are underway to release a movie titled number 13. This comes months after investigative ace journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas released his exposé on the corrupt practices in the Ghana Football Association. Speaking in an interview with SVTV AFRICA, Oboy Salinko explained that although his presence is not felt in the movie industry, he…
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The 13th annual Caribbean Tales Film Festival opens this year in Toronto, Canada with the preview screening of Hero: Inspired By The Extraordinary Life & Times of Mr. Ulric Cross on September 5th, 2018. Produced and directed by Festival founder Frances-Anne Solomon, the film stars Nickolai Salcedo (Trinidad), Joseph Marcell (St.Lucia/Britain) and John Dumelo (Ghana). Hero tells the story of…
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Veteran actor David Dontoh has condemned the renaming of Ghana’s movie industry to “Gollywood”. In an interview with host KOD on The Zone on Starr FM Wednesday, the TV personality expressed his disappointment at the move and called it alien. “I don’t subscribe to the name ‘ Gollywood ‘ because I don’t know where it’s coming from. If it’s the…
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Award winning Director and Film Producer, Leila Djansi has criticised the decision to rename Ghana’s movie industry, Gollywood. The director of ‘I sing of a Well’ who resides in the United States of America in a write up said there is no creativity in the name adding that she does not want her movies to be tagged with Gollywood. Stakeholders,…
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Issues regarding the renaming of the Ghana Movie Industry from Ghallywood to Gollywood seem unending as Creative Arts of Ghana, Film Crew Association of Ghana (FICAG), Film Producers Association of Ghana (FIPAG) have all dissociated themselves from the new brand. A press statements by all these group clearly indicate that as stakeholders of the movie industry, they were not aware…
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CEO of Roverman Productions, James Ebo Whyte popularly called Uncle Ebo has revealed that he will stage a one-man stage comedy this September. He said for the group’s 10th year anniversary, he will reveal another side of him by serving patrons two whole hours of stand-up comedy all by himself. Mr Whyte disclosed this to Joy News’ Daniella Adu Asare…
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Ghana Film Industry (Ghallywood) has been struggling for some time now. This is happening because all the stakeholders are not united as they should. From Directors, Executive Producers, Actors, Technical, to Crews; most of these stakeholders are not ready to come together as one industry. The fighting and misunderstanding among these industry players, have been the game of our time.…
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There is a growing public anger over the inability of the country’s major television stations, particularly GTV, to show the matches in the ongoing FIFA World Cup in Russia. According to football enthusiasts and some other members of the public, they were being denied part of the global football fiesta, unlike in the past when they had the opportunity to…
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